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Salary Caps are Unamerican
Posted on 4/7/13 at 10:41 am
Posted on 4/7/13 at 10:41 am
It suppresses the free market. If a team believes LeBron James is worth 50 million a year, why shouldn't they be allowed to pay it? The ownership cartells have conspired to protect each other from themselves and in the process artificially suppress wages.
ETA: And don't give me this parity nonsense, that's propaganda.
ETA: And don't give me this parity nonsense, that's propaganda.
This post was edited on 4/7/13 at 10:46 am
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Posted on 4/7/13 at 10:43 am to Draconian Sanctions
its meant to maintain parity across the leagues...
Posted on 4/7/13 at 10:43 am to Draconian Sanctions
Parity bro
Posted on 4/7/13 at 10:44 am to wish i was tebow
Baseball has no salary cap and has more parity than the NBA or NFL
This post was edited on 4/7/13 at 10:45 am
Posted on 4/7/13 at 10:45 am to Elleshoe
that's what you've been sold by the owners, with proper revenue sharing the same level of parity could be accomplished without a cap
Posted on 4/7/13 at 10:46 am to Draconian Sanctions
Because Lebron, Kobe, Durant, Wade, etc. all on the same team would be boring as frick. Nobody would even watch the NBA because you'd already know in September who was gonna win the title.
Posted on 4/7/13 at 10:46 am to barry
I disagree that there's more parity in baseball than football
Posted on 4/7/13 at 10:47 am to WG_Dawg
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Because Lebron, Kobe, Durant, Wade, etc. all on the same team would be boring as frick.
No team could pay all those guys and still make a profit
Posted on 4/7/13 at 10:49 am to Draconian Sanctions
Free markets should exist in everything but sports.
Some teams have a larger following due to population. New York teams would just be unfair.
Teams like the Saints would never have a shot.
Some teams have a larger following due to population. New York teams would just be unfair.
Teams like the Saints would never have a shot.
Posted on 4/7/13 at 10:49 am to wish i was tebow
Studies have been done and more parity does not = more interest.
Quite the opposite in fact as people love to hate dynasties.
Quite the opposite in fact as people love to hate dynasties.
Posted on 4/7/13 at 10:50 am to The Eric
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Free markets should exist in everything but sports.
Some teams have a larger following due to population. New York teams would just be unfair.
Teams like the Saints would never have a shot.
Ok but why not increase revenue sharing instead of artificially suppressing what players can make?
Posted on 4/7/13 at 10:56 am to The Eric
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Some teams have a larger following due to population. New York teams would just be unfair.
Thats where real revenue sharing comes in. The Lakers get $200mil/year for local tv all to themselves. Add all home game revenue (more expensive seats than in NO) and they can afford insane payrolls without breaking a sweat.
The real question is do you believe that pro teams are businesses designed to make profit regardless of the product or are they designed to make money to be reinvested in the team even it is comes to a net loss?
Posted on 4/7/13 at 10:59 am to Draconian Sanctions
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Teams like the Saints would never have a shot.
Tom benson has some of the deepest pockets in the league
Posted on 4/7/13 at 11:04 am to motorbreath
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Tom benson has some of the deepest pockets in the league
a. you're going to have to link me
b. i think he means through the operation itself and not losing money and using personal funds to make it up
Posted on 4/7/13 at 11:04 am to motorbreath
quote:Maybe, but he acts like his pockets are full of razor blades.
Tom benson has some of the deepest pockets in the league
Posted on 4/7/13 at 11:08 am to motorbreath
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Tom benson has some of the deepest pockets in the league
Hope so. He's losing millions on the Hornets this season.
Posted on 4/7/13 at 11:12 am to Draconian Sanctions
So your answer to making sports more "American", by ridding itself of a salary cap and instilling a free market system AND keeping parity, is to implement a socialist very un-American revenue sharing program?
Posted on 4/7/13 at 11:14 am to wish i was tebow
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I disagree that there's more parity in baseball than football
Well the numbers would say you are wrong
LINK
This post was edited on 4/7/13 at 11:17 am
Posted on 4/7/13 at 11:22 am to corndeaux
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Hope so. He's losing millions on the Hornets this season.
No he's not
Posted on 4/7/13 at 11:29 am to Draconian Sanctions
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why shouldn't they be allowed to pay it?
Bc fans express an almost ownership like interests in their teams.
Any ideals they have about free markets, capitalism, etc etc goes out the window if it means hurting their team.
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